Легендата за българското покръстване във възрожденските ни слова, произнасяни на 11 май
The Legend of the Bulgarian Baptizing in Our Renaissance Speeches Given on the 11th of May

Summary/Abstract: The Baptizing of Bulgarians is a widely interpreted subject in Bulgarian and in foreign medieval texts. In the present report we look at the appearance of that subject in “Slavonic-Bulgarian History” by Paisius of Hilendar and at the ethno saving function of the story of St. Cyril and St. Methodius. The legend of the direct participation of St. Cyril and St. Methodius in our baptizing has a spiritually unifying power, which transforms into a political support in the years before the Liberation. That is why in the second part of the report we look at its appearance and its interpretation in the holiday speeches, given in front of an audience on the 11th of May.

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